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Jean Genet Quotes

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: french
Birth: December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986

Topics

Name Violence Lying Idle Boldness

When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Best Job You Write Voices Show

I'm a very competitive person... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.

Business Win Person Play Want Run

I still am in touch with several friends from high school. I don't go to reunions much. I'm afraid that if I go back to the school, they'll suddenly go, 'You know what? We've checked the records and you still have one more French class. Get back in here.'

Sigourney Weaver

School High School Friends You Back

There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.

Food Revolution You Down Country Up

The biggest challenge of any cinematographer is making the imagery fit together of a piece: that the whole film has a unity to it, and actually, that a shot doesn't stand out.

Challenge Together Unity Stand Out

I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over who don't already agree with him.

People Winning Artist Want Him Over

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

Work God Plan Share Us He

When I came to UFC, I was treated like a king.

King Like I Came UFC Came Treated

There never was a democracy yet where the people didn't vote themselves into oblivion.

People Democracy Vote Never Where

I wanted to clearly define my language: a timeless shoe with a little twist.

Language Shoe Clearly Little Twist

If you brush your teeth, you don't want to eat something right after because your mouth feels so fresh. So brushing your teeth actually prevents you from eating until later.

Cloris Leachman

Eating You Mouth Want Teeth Right

I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.

Anne-Marie Duff

Pain Writing Think Violence Drama

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